Hat-pin fastener and point-protector.



J. M. OHRITTON.

HAT PIN FASTBNER AND POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR.18,1911.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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HAT PIN FASTENER AND POINT PROTECTOR;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 19 1912.

Application filed April 18, 1911. Serial No. 621,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. OHRITTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rocky Ford, in the county of Otero and State of Colorado,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Fastenersand Point Protectors, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to new and useful improvements in hat pin fastenersand more particularly to the class of fasteners which is also adapted toprotect the point of the pin and prevent any possible injury occurringtherefrom.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a device which isadapted to be frictionally engaged with the end of a pin to protect andfasten the same, which device may be readily and easily applied thereto.p

A further object of the invention resides in providing a spring memberhaving an eye formed at one end thereof through whlch the pin is adaptedto move and a notch or the like formed at the opposite end of the springmember in a plane disposed at an angle to the plane of the eye.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a head on the springmember beyond the notch to receive the point of the pin in engagementtherewith after the same has been passed through the notch, therebyprotecting said point and preventing possible injury resulting fromengagement therewith.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device which isextremely simple in construction, thereby inexpensive to manufacture andone which is exceedingly eiiicient in operation.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in thespecification and claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is a side elevation showing my improved hat pin fastener applied to use.Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same enlarged and removed. Fig. 3is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a furthermodified form of fastener.

In carrying out my invention, I shall refer to the drawing in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views and in which 1 indicates a hat pin of the usual or anypreferred type, the point of which is adapted to be protected and saidpin fastened within a hat by means of my improved device which comprisesfirst, a head member 2 formed of any desired material and shape having apair of alining openings therethrough. Extending through the openings insaid head member, are the arms 3 and 4 of a wire member, said wiremember being looped in its length, as shown at 5, just above said headmember, and the arm 4 after passing through the opening in said head,depends a short distance therebelow and has the lower end thereof bentat substantially right angles to the general trend thereof to be" formedinto what may be termed a hook, keeper or notch 6. The opposite arm 3after passing through the opening in said head, is bent to extendsubstantially parallel with the under face of said head, as shown at 7,and is their bent again at substantially right angles to the portion 7to form a spring arm 8. The-lower end of said spring arm 8 is bentinwardly toward the axial center of the head member, as shown at 9, andthe extreme end thereof is formed into an eye or loop 10, saideye beingin a plane which is disposed at an angle to the plane of the member 6,the purpose of which will be hereinafter and more particularlydescribed.

In practice, after the pin has been inserted through ahat and the pointthereof extended beyond the crown of said hat, my improved device isapplied thereto by slipping the eye 10 over the point of the pin, and inview of the fact that said eye is disposed in a plane at an angle to theplane of the notch or keeper, said pin cannot be engaged with saidkeeper at once. Pressure upon the head 2 of the device, however, willcause the arm 8 to spring into such position as to dispose the keeper ornotch 6 in the same plane with said eye, whereupon the pin may be passedtherein, and it will be seen that in view of the tension of the springarm 8, the eye 10 will bind tightly on said pin and be securely heldthereto. The point of the pin at this time, will either be immediatelybelow the under face of the head or in contact therewith, so that saidpoint will be protected and at the same time the pin will be prevent thecasual on the upper face of said disk member 2,

and the arms 3 and 4 are bent, after passing through the openings insaid disk to rest flatly on the under face of said disk and parallel toone another. As stated, the arm 4 rests flatly on the under face of saiddisk or head 2, and at a point, substantially the axial center of saidhead, the arm is bent to depend below or to one side of the under faceof said head, as shown at 5*, the free end of the depending portion ofsaid arm being bent or curved to form a hook or keeper 6. The oppositearm 3 extends across the face of said head to a point beyond the axialcenter of said head and is then bent to form a dependent spring arm 7the outer end of said arm 7 being bent upwardly, as shown at 8, towardthe axial center of said head. The extreme free end of said arm 7 iscoiled, as shown at 9, to form an eye or the like, the disposing of thefree end of the arm 7 at an angle toward the axial center of the headpositioning said eye in a plane at anang-le to the plane of the keeper6. The operation of this form of device is exactly the same as the otherforms, and it will be seen that the formation of this device is simplerthan that of the other forms hereabove described.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a hat pinfastener which may ipi ges be readily applied to the end of a pin toprevent the same from casual removal from the hat and at the same timeprotect the point and prevent possible injury through engagementtherewith.

Furthermore, it will be seen that by providing a spring member having anotch formed at one end thereof and an eye at the other end, said eyebeing disposed in a plane at an angle to the plane of the notch, a pinto be fastened must be inserted through the'eye and the spring memberbent to position the notch in a plane parallel with the eye, whereuponthe end of the pin may be received thereby. Furthermore, it will be seenthat through the tension of this spring member, the walls of the eyewill bind tightly against the pin and prevent the same from beingcasually removed.

It will further be seen that although various forms of this device areshown, the principle in each is the same and all are so simple inconstruction as to be readily and cheaply manufactured and extremelyeffective in operation. e

What I claim is A device of the character described, comprising a headprovided with openings, a

arms being depended to a point below said keeper having the end thereofformed into an eye, said eye being disposed in a plane at an angle tothe plane of said keeper.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a-flix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES M. OHRITTON.

Witnesses:

F. EDWIN StiooLoMB, B. T. ROBERTS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

